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Diana M. Meyer
March 15, 2021
Diana M. Meyer, 86, passed away on March 15, 2021. Born September 13, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois the only child of Alfred and Marie (Toussaint) Kolkau. She went on to marry the love of her life, Paul Meyer in February of 1954. Diana enjoyed golfing, enjoying the course at the Marengo Ridge Country Club, and she enjoyed traveling. She and...
James D. Gibson
March 15, 2021
James Dennis Gibson, 93, left this world on March 15, 2021. He entered the world on September 26, 1927 to Jim and Hetty Gibson, deceased. He joined the US Coast Guard in 1945, and served during WW II. James also attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and joined the FBI in 1950 and served in Chicago Division, New Haven Division,...
William H. "Bill" Grady
March 14, 2021
William H. Grady, 97, a longtime airport official in Rockford and a former Belvidere city treasurer, died Sunday (March 14) at his home. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He also was a World War II veteran, a proud alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and a devout Catholic, who was one of the first lay...
Joy A. Rittmeyer
March 13, 2021
Joy Ann Rittmeyer, 79, slipped peacefully into the reality of Heaven Saturday evening, March 13, 2021, while at home, with family by her side, after a short bout with abdominal cancer. Born October, 15, 1941 in Rockford, IL, the daughter of Sigurd and Theda Johnson, Joy married the love of her life, Glen Rittmeyer, June 3, 1972 and lovingly made...
Jacob "Jake" Adam Lee
March 12, 2021
Jacob “Jake” Adam Lee, 23, of Caledonia, passed away on March 12, 2021. He was born on March 20, 1997 in Rockford, IL the son of David “Dave” and Tana (Carter) Lee. Jake graduated from Guilford High School in 2015. After High School he attended Rock Valley College and obtained an Associate’s Degree. He currently worked at CVS as a...
Margaret "Maggie" M. Rudolph
March 12, 2021
Margaret “Maggie” M. Rudolph, 37, of Cherry Valley, IL passed away surrounded by family and friends on Friday, March 12, 2021, losing a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born June 30, 1983 in Rockford, IL the daughter to Ronald and Paula (Sanders) Rudolph, lovingly referred to as their “sweet one”. Maggie attended Jefferson High School graduating in 2001...
Chrystelle L. Janke Andrews
March 10, 2021
Chrystelle Lee Janke Andrews, 38, of Roscoe, IL, died as the result of an automobile accident on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was born June 1, 1982, in Laramie, Wyoming, the daughter of Byron and Martha (Vos) Janke. Chrystelle is a 2000 graduate of Jefferson High School, where she participated in many activities. She married Mike Andrews in 2006 and...
Viola A. Dent
March 9, 2021
Or hearts are broken as we share the news of the passing our beloved Mother and the Matriarch of our family. Viola passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 with family at her side. She was born In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin on June 3, 1927. Viola was member of the Greatest Generation, and identified as a WWII Bride marrying her one...
Wendie L. Woehler
March 9, 2021
Wendie Lee Woehler, 70, of Roscoe, IL, passed away peacefully with her husband and daughter by her side on March 9, 2021 following a courageous, decade-long battle with a rare endocrine cancer. She was born in Rockford, IL on June 8, 1950 to Clarence “Bud” and Lorraine (Thompson) Turner. Wendie graduated from Harlem High School and went on to Southern...
Maria Christina Stacionis
March 7, 2021
Maria Christina Stacionis of Port Charlotte, FL passed from this life on March 7, 2021 at the age of 101. Maria was born on March 30, 1920, in Rockford, IL. She was the daughter of Orazio and Consiglia Fantini-Germano. Maria graduated from Rockford High School in 1938. She married Albert Joseph Stacionis on August 31, 1941 and spent 58 years...
Joan Marie Keefer
March 7, 2021
Joan Marie Keefer, age 84, of Bloomington, Illinois, (formally of the Rockford area), died at 10:57 p.m. on March 7, 2021, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL following a short illness. Joan was born at home on April 6, 1936 in Burlington, NJ. The daughter of Thomas and Edith (Wilcox) Duncan. She graduated from Burlington Central High School in...
Marleen A. Zimmer
March 7, 2021
Marleen Anne Zimmer, 85, of Rockford, IL, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 7, 2021 after a long illness. She was born in Chicago, IL on June 8, 1935 to Peter and Marcella (Maurer) Pytlik and later grew up in Villa Park, IL. Marleen graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Elmhurst, IL and then went on...
Richard "Dick" C. Giesen
March 6, 2021
Richard C. Giesen, 77, of Rockford, Illinois, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Born on December 4, 1943 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Charles and Josephine (Covell) Giesen. He loved growing up on the farm and appreciated the hard work that it involved. He graduated from Heelan High School in Sioux City in 1962 and from Loras...
Barbara J. Pettit
March 6, 2021
Barbara J. Pettit, 82, of Quincy, IL passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021 in her son’s home surrounded by her son, daughter and many family members. She was born in Odell, IL on January 31, 1939 to Andrew and Mary (Duay) Bellis. Barb grew up on the family farm and was one of thirteen children. Barb met the love of...
Alice May Abels
March 5, 2021
Alice May Abels, 85, passed away on March 5, 2021. Born May 9, 1935 in Rockford, Illinois daughter to Manny and Ruby Bomgarden and married James Ables in Rockford on May 23, 1953. Alice worked at Dog n’ Suds for many years before moving to several local nursing homes as a dietary aid, and retired from Apostle Nursing Home early...
Ruth Rita Bailey Schwartz
March 4, 2021
Ruth Rita Bailey Schwartz, 83, of Rockford, IL, passed away with her beloved husband by her side on Thursday, March 4, 2021. She was born in Rockford, IL on February 5, 1938 to Alfred and Ester (DeGrof) Bailey. Ruth graduated from West High School in 1956 and then went on to get her Nursing degree from Rockford Memorial Hospital in...
Celeste Marie Newport
March 1, 2021
Celeste Marie (Anderson) Newport, 80, of Cherry Valley, IL ended her nearly three-year battle with uterine cancer on March 1, 2021. Celeste was born November 26, 1940 in DeKalb, the first of three daughters to Carl H. and Margaret (Lalley) Anderson. She graduated from East High School in 1958 and attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where she majored in English....
Paul "Chuck" Linley
March 1, 2021
Paul "Chuck" Linley was born on November 29, 1931. He grew up a hard-working farm boy from Moark, Arkansas, picking cotton and plowing fields from a very young age. He came to Rockford, IL, looking for work in 1948. Before long, he found a job at National Lock Company, where he worked until retirement at the age of 50 years...
Bernadette J. Schaffer
February 28, 2021
Bernadette J. Schaffer, 72, of Rockford, IL passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021. Bernadette was born in Rockford, IL on January 14, 1949, daughter of Erwin Dach and Virginia Fox. She graduated from Bishop Muldoon Catholic High School, Class of 1967. Bernadette married Roger D. Schaffer at St. James Catholic Church in Rockford on August 14, 1971. She was...
Leslie D. Oswald
February 28, 2021
Cremation Rites have been accorded to Fitzgerald Funeral Home & Crematory, 1860 S. Mulford Road, Rockford, Illinois 61108.
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